Pisupati, S. V., & Yeboah, Y. D. (2012, June), Challenges in Developing a New Energy Engineering Major  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21053

\bibitem{asee_peer_21053}
  Pisupati, S. V., \& Yeboah, Y. D. (2012, June), \emph{Challenges in Developing a New Energy Engineering Major}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21053

Sarma V. Pisupati and Yaw D. Yeboah.  "Challenges in Developing a New Energy Engineering Major".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21053 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21053}
  Sarma V. Pisupati and Yaw D. Yeboah.
  "Challenges in Developing a New Energy Engineering Major".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21053 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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